Search for Neutral-Weak-Current Effects in the Nucleus ${}^{18}F$

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27 March 1978

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Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 40 (13) , 840-843
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.40.840

Abstract

The circular polarization of the

γ

rays from the 1.08→0.0 MeV transition of

{}^{18}F

has been measured to be (-0.7 ± 2.0) ×

10^{- 3}

, a value significantly smaller than predicted by recent calculations which include the effects of neutral weak currents.

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